EP2727587A1 - Compositions, methods and uses for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions by controlling blood glucose level - Google Patents

Compositions, methods and uses for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions by controlling blood glucose level Download PDF

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EP2727587A1
EP2727587A1 EP12306354.7A EP12306354A EP2727587A1 EP 2727587 A1 EP2727587 A1 EP 2727587A1 EP 12306354 A EP12306354 A EP 12306354A EP 2727587 A1 EP2727587 A1 EP 2727587A1
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Ilya Chumakov
Serguei Nabirochkin
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  • the present invention relates to compositions and methods for controlling glycaemia in a mammalian in need thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel therapies or combinatorial therapies of diabetes and related disorders, based on compositions controlling the blood glucose level.
  • Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of metabolic diseases in which patients have high blood sugar. It is a major public health problem due to high number of affected patients since 171 million people worldwide corresponding to 2.8% of the population in 2000 are diabetic. Diabetes is now considered as epidemic: the number of patients should almost double by 2030.
  • Type 1 diabetes is mainly characterized by insulin dependent patients, is known to be autoimmune, sometimes triggered by infection factors. It usually starts in patients younger than 30 and it accounts about 5-10% of all cases of diabetes [1].
  • Type 2 diabetes mainly characterized by insulin independence, has a later onset than type 1 diabetes and is therefore named adult-onset diabetes. It accounts for about 90-95% of all diabetes cases. Many factors can potentially give rise to, or exacerbate type 2 diabetes.
  • diabetes include hypertension, elevated cholesterol, metabolic syndrome and overweight/obesity. As an example, approximately 90% of patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight/obese [2].
  • Other forms of diabetes include gestational diabetes, congenital diabetes, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid diabetes, and several forms of monogenic diabetes.
  • Current treatments consist in insulin administration for type 1 diabetes and/or glucose-lowering medications or insulin sensitizers for type 2 diabetes.
  • Insulin is a hormone involved in the glucose homeostasis, together with glucagon. In response to rising levels of blood glucose, insulin is produced by pancreatic beta cells located in the islets of Langerhans.
  • glucose is taken up from the blood by hepatocytes, muscle cells, and adipocytes used either as energy source or for storage as glycogen and triglycerides. It also inhibits lipolysis, preventing fatty acid release from fat tissues.
  • low blood glucose levels result both in a reduced production and release of insulin. Together with glucagon action, it results in glucose release into blood stream.
  • insulin production by beta-cells is not sufficient (type 1 diabetes) and/or cells poorly respond to it (insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes), leading to persistent high levels of blood glucose. Precise mechanisms involved in these pathologies are not yet completely understood.
  • Type 1 diabetes Decrease in insulin production characterizing type 1 diabetes is due to a destruction of beta-cells by an autoimmune process that consists in autoantibodies production, activation of self-reactive lymphocytes and infiltration of pancreas to destroy beta-cells.
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus is considered as a complex metabolic disorder. It results from the combination of impaired pancreatic insulin secretion due to beta-cells dysfunction, insulin resistance as well as damaged glucagon secretion. Impairment of glucose-stimulated production of insulin involves progressive loss of pancreatic beta-cells as well as a decline in islet cells function.
  • Insulin resistance consists for example in suppressed or reduced effects of insulin in peripheral organs/tissues (liver, muscles and fat tissues) or enhanced lipolysis in adipocytes leading to increased circulation of free fatty acids. Those events results in increased endogenous glucose production by the liver together with decreased glucose uptake due to reduced insulin receptor expression, defects in post-receptor actions of insulin [3], hepatic glucose overproduction or blocking of insulin-signaling pathways [4]. Insulin resistance is a hallmark of a more complex syndrome, named metabolic syndrome that is a grouping of risk factors for coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus including abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride levels, decreased high-density lipoprotein levels, elevated blood pressure, and elevated fasting plasma glucose levels [5]. 75% of type 2 diabetes patients have metabolic syndrome.
  • Persistent high blood glucose leads both to acute and chronic complications that may be very disabling, even fatal for diabetic patients such as heart disease and stroke that are the most life-threatening consequences of diabetes mellitus.
  • Long-term persistent elevated blood glucose damages blood vessels, leading to microvascular and macrovascular angiopathy which account for most of the increased morbidity and mortality associated with the disease.
  • Microvascular complications are responsible of diabetic cardiomyopathy, nephropathy both sometimes leading to organ failure, retinopathy which can lead to severe vision loss and neuropathy.
  • Macrovascular complications rather concerns cardiovascular impairments that are responsible of coronary artery disease that in the end provokes angina or myocardial infarction, diabetic myonecrosis, peripheral vascular disease and stroke.
  • Macrovascular complications are more common and up to 80% of patients with type 2 diabetes will develop or die of macrovascular disease.
  • Control of glycaemia in type 1 diabetes is almost exclusively achieved with injections of exogenous insulin, since patients no longer produce insulin.
  • Insulin may also be administered in type 2 diabetes patients, when glucose-lowering drugs and diet fail to control glycaemia [7]. It is nowadays more frequently administered to these patients, since it delays development and progression of complications.
  • Use of insulin comprises side effects including hypoglycemia when dosage is not appropriate, increased risk of developing colorectal cancer [8] and gaining weight, which is not recommended for diabetic patients, particularly obese ones.
  • type 2 diabetes implies that many patients will eventually require a combination of antidiabetics, possibly together with insulin [9].
  • Antidiabetics have been developed in order to counteract the main mechanisms involved in type 2 diabetes: insulin resistance (biguanides and thiazolidinediones) and insulin secretion (sulfonylureas, glinides, dipeptidylpeptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists), in addition to particular mechanisms dealing with delayed absorption of glucose by gastrointestinal tract.
  • insulin resistance biguanides and thiazolidinediones
  • insulin secretion sulfonylureas, glinides, dipeptidylpeptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists
  • most of these medications have been shown to have deleterious side effects such as weight gain, peripheral edema or congestive heart failure and to a loss of efficiency in a long term use [9].
  • the present invention provides novel compositions and methods for treating diabetes and related disorders, particularly type-2 diabetes.
  • the present invention also provides compositions and methods to normalize glycaemia in mammalian subjects.
  • the invention also relates to compositions and methods for controlling blood glucose level in mammalian subjects, particularly in mammalian subjects having diabetes or a related disorder.
  • the present invention discloses the identification and validation, by the inventors, of several drugs which, alone or in combination(s), do effectively affect either one or several relevant pathways involved in the control of blood glucose level and represent new and effective therapies for the treatment of diabetes and related disorders.
  • the invention therefore discloses novel therapies of diabetes and related conditions, as well as novel drug combinations that are particularly effective for such conditions.
  • the invention is applicable to any mammalian, particularly human subject.
  • the invention is particularly suited for treating type-2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome, which are associated to abnormally elevated glucose blood levels. Treatment of the invention may be used in combination or in alternation with other therapies of such conditions.
  • An object of the invention relates more specifically to a composition
  • a composition comprising at least one compound selected from acamprosate, almitrine, azelastine, baclofen, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone or rilmenidine, for use in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder.
  • the at least one compound is more preferably selected from almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline or tolperisone.
  • a further object of this invention relates to a composition
  • a composition comprising at least:
  • Another object of the invention relates a composition
  • a composition comprising at least two compounds selected from almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, or tolperisone, for use in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder.
  • Drug compositions of this invention may also be used in further combination with drugs or other treatments presently known to be used for treating or managing diabetes in order to alleviate potential side effects of said known drugs or treatments.
  • compositions comprising at least:
  • the invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a drug combination as disclosed above.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention typically comprise one or several pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or carriers.
  • the compounds in the compositions of the invention may be used as such or in the form of a salt, hydrate, ester, ether, acid, amide, racemate, or isomer. They may also be in the form of sustained-release formulations. Prodrugs or metabolites of the compounds may be used as well.
  • the invention relates to a composition
  • a composition comprising at least two compounds selected from almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, or tolperisone.
  • compositions of the invention may be formulated or administered to the subject together, separately or sequentially, possibly through different routes and protocols.
  • compositions of the invention are administered repeatedly to the subject.
  • the invention also relates to methods of treating diabetes or a related disorder, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a drug or composition as disclosed above.
  • the methods further comprise a step of measuring glucose blood level in a blood sample from the mammalian subject, either before or after administration.
  • a further object of this invention relates to a method of treating diabetes or a related disorder, the method comprising simultaneously, separately or sequentially administering to a subject in need thereof a drug combination as disclosed above.
  • a further object of this invention relates to the use of the above described compositions for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder.
  • the invention may be used in any mammalian subject, particularly human subject.
  • tested drugs induce an effect significantly different from control (t-test; p ⁇ 0.05).
  • the present invention provides new therapeutic approaches for controlling blood glucose level.
  • the invention discloses novel drugs, drug combinations and methods, which allow an effective control of blood glucose level and may be used for patient treatment.
  • the invention therefore relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of diabetes and related disorders.
  • treatment includes the preventive or curative treatment.
  • treatment designates in particular the correction, retardation, or reduction of an impaired glucose homeostasis.
  • the level of glucose in blood fluctuates throughout the day. Glucose levels are usually lower in the morning, before the first meal of the day and rise after meals for some hours. Consequently, the term treatment includes the control of blood glucose level by increasing or decreasing blood glucose level depending on the condition of the mammalian subject and the day time in order to reach normal glucose levels.
  • treatment more particularly includes a temporary or persistent reduction of blood glucose level in a subject having diabetes or a related disorder.
  • treatment also designates an improvement in insulin release (e.g., by pancreatic ⁇ cells), glucagon release (e.g., by pancreatic ⁇ -cells), glucose utilization (e.g., capture of glucose by muscle cells or adipocytes), and/or hepatic neoglucogenesis.
  • controlling the blood glucose level or “the control of blood glucose level” refer to the normalization or the regulation of the blood or plasma glucose level in a mammalian subject having abnormal levels (i.e., levels that are below or above a known reference, median, or average value for a corresponding mammalian subject with a normal glucose homeostasis).
  • diabetes refers herein to a group of metabolic diseases in which patients have high blood glucose levels, including Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, congenital diabetes, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid diabetes, and several forms of monogenic diabetes.
  • related disorder designates any disease associated to a blood or plasma glucose level outside the normal range, preferably hyperglycaemia. Consequently, the term “related disorder” includes impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, postprandial hyperglycemia and overweight/obesity. Such related disorders can also be characterized by an abnormal blood or plasma insulin level.
  • combination or “combinatorial therapy” or “combinatory treatment” designates a treatment wherein at least two compounds are co-administered to a subject to cause a biological effect.
  • the at least two drugs may be administered together or separately, at the same time or sequentially. Simultaneous administration is not required, as long as the drugs produce a combined or synergistic effect in the organism to improve the patient conditions.
  • the at least two drugs may be administered through different routes and protocols. As a result, although they may be formulated together, the drugs of a combination may also be formulated separately.
  • the term "compound” or “drug” as identified by its name or CAS number is meant to designate the chemical compound as specifically named or identified with its corresponding CAS number, as well as any pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, isomer, racemate, conjugate or derivative thereof, of any chemical purity.
  • derivative includes any functionally and structurally related compound, such as acid derivatives, amide derivatives, ester derivatives, ether derivatives, prodrugs and metabolites.
  • prodrug refers to any derivative (or precursor) of a compound which, when administered to a biological system (e.g., a human organism), generates said compound as a result of e.g., spontaneous chemical reaction(s), enzyme catalyzed chemical reaction(s), and/or metabolic chemical reaction(s).
  • Prodrugs are usually inactive or less active than the resulting drug and can be used, for example, to improve the physicochemical properties of the drug, to target the drug to a specific tissue, to improve the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the drug and/or to reduce undesirable side effects.
  • Specific technical guidance for the selection of suitable prodrugs is general common knowledge [11-15].
  • the preparation of prodrugs may be performed by conventional methods known by those skilled in the art. Methods which can be used to synthesize prodrugs are described in numerous reviews on the subject [12; 16-21].
  • metabolite of a drug refers to a molecule which results from the (biochemical) modification(s) or processing of said drug after administration to an organism, usually through specialized enzymatic systems, and which displays or retains a biological activity of the drug. Metabolites have been disclosed as being responsible for much of the therapeutic action of the parent drug.
  • salt refers to a pharmaceutically acceptable and relatively non-toxic, inorganic or organic acid or basic addition salt of a compound of the present invention.
  • Pharmaceutical salt formation typically consists in pairing an acidic, basic or zwitterionic drug molecule with a counterion to create a salt version of the drug.
  • a wide variety of chemical species can be used in neutralization reaction. Though most of salts of a given active principle are bioequivalents, some may have, among others, increased solubility or bioavailability properties. Salt selection is now a common standard operation in the process of drug development as taught by H. Stahl and C.G Wermuth in their handbook [22].
  • the designation of a compound is meant to designate the compound per se, as well as any pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, isomer, racemate, ester or ether thereof.
  • the designation of a compound is meant to designate the compound as specifically designated per se, as well as any pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • a sustained-release formulation of the compound is used.
  • compositions and methods for treating diabetes and related disorders Compositions and methods for treating diabetes and related disorders
  • drugs which, alone and/or in combination(s), effectively alter relevant pathways for the control of glycaemia and represent new therapeutic approaches for treating diabetes and related disorders.
  • These drugs or combinations may be used to normalise blood glucose level by acting e.g., on insulin release, glucagon release, glucose utilization and/or glucose production, and offer novel potent therapies of diabetes and related disorders.
  • these drugs and combinations have a strong effect on diabetes' relevant functions : they are involved in the protection of beta cells against apoptosis, the increase of glucose uptake in muscular tissues and in adipocytes, the increase of insulin secretion by the pancreatic ⁇ cells and/or in the control of glucose production in hepatic tissues.
  • an object of this invention relates to compositions comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acamprosate, almitrine, azelastine, baclofen, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil, levosimendan, cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, for use in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • the invention also relates to the use of at least one compound as listed above for the manufacture of a medicament for treating diabetes or a related disorder in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • the invention also relates to a method for treating diabetes or a related disorder in a mammalian in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammalian at least one compound as listed above.
  • CAS numbers for each of the selected compounds are provided in table 1 below: Table 1 Drug Name CAS number acamprosate 77337-76-9; 77337-73-6 almitrine 27469-53-0; 29608-49-9 azelastine 58581-89-8; 79307-93-0 baclofen 1134-47-0; 66514-99-6; 69308-37-8; 70206-22-3; 63701-56-4; 63701-55-3 carbetapentane 77-23-6; 23142-01-0; 1045-21-2 cimetidine 51481-61-9; 70059-30-2 cinacalcet 226256-56-0; 364782-34-3 dexbrompheniramine 86-22-6; 980-71-2; 2391-03-9 diethylcarbamazine 90-89-1; 1642-54-2 diprophylline 479-18-5 D-mannose 10030-80-5 ; 3458-28-4; idebenone 58186-27-9 ifenprodil 23210-56-2;
  • the above compounds when tested individually, are active to improve glucose levels by altering distinct important pathways of glucose homeostasis.
  • almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, or tolperisone exert are particularly efficient in protecting beta cells against apoptosis, in improving the glucose uptake by muscular tissues and/or the release of insulin.
  • Such compounds therefore represent the most preferred embodiment for use in the present invention.
  • a particular object of the invention relates to a composition for use in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder, the composition comprising at least one compound selected from almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, or tolperisone.
  • the above molecules may be used alone or, preferably, in combination therapies to provide the most efficient clinical benefit.
  • Drug combinations are particularly advantageous because they can affect different pathways and thus are more effective. Also, because of their efficacy and mode of action, the drug combinations can be used at low dosages, which is a further very substantial advantage.
  • compositions comprising a combination of at least two compounds chosen from the group consisting of acamprosate, almitrine, azelastine, baclofen, carbetapentane, cinacalcet, dexbromopheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, tolperisone, torasemide, triamterene, tolfenamic acid, piribedil and levosimendan cimetidine, diprophylline, idebenone and rilmenidine, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • a more preferred object of this invention relates to compositions comprising a combination of at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline, or tolperisone, as well as to the use of such compositions the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • compositions of this invention comprise at least one of the following drug combinations, for combined, separate or sequential administration:
  • Another object of this invention resides in the use of a composition as defined above for controlling blood or plasma glucose level in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • a further object of this invention resides in the use of a composition as defined above for the manufacture of a medicament for controlling blood or plasma glucose level in a mammalian in need thereof.
  • a further object of this invention resides in the use of a composition as defined above for the manufacture of a medicament for treating diabetes or a related disorder.
  • the compounds or drugs may be formulated together or separately, and administered together, separately or sequentially.
  • the invention is particularly adapted for correcting disregulations of glucose levels in human patients having diabetes, pre-diabetes (also referred to as IGT or IFG), metabolic syndrome, obesity, or a cardiovascular disease implying a predisposition to diabetes.
  • pre-diabetes also referred to as IGT or IFG
  • metabolic syndrome also referred to as obesity
  • obesity or a cardiovascular disease implying a predisposition to diabetes.
  • a further object of the invention is a method of treating diabetes or a related disorder, the method comprising simultaneously, separately or sequentially administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a drug or drug combination as defined above.
  • the invention relates to a method of treating diabetes or a related disorder in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering simultaneously, separately or sequentially to the subject an effective amount of at least one of the following drug combinations:
  • the methods of treating diabetes or a related disorder further comprise a step of measuring glucose blood level in a blood sample from the mammalian subject, either prior to and/or after administration of the drug(s).
  • a further object of the invention is a method of controlling blood glucose level, the method comprising the steps of:
  • the step of measuring glucose level may be repeated during the course of the treatment, e.g., to assess or monitor treatment efficacy and/or to adjust treatment regimen.
  • compositions of the invention typically comprise one or several pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients.
  • the drugs or compounds are usually mixed with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or carriers.
  • a further object of this invention is a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition, the method comprising mixing the above compounds in an appropriate excipient or carrier.
  • the compounds are used as such or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, metabolite, or sustained release formulation thereof.
  • compositions or combination therapies may further be used in conjunction or association or combination with additional drugs or treatments.
  • Additional therapies used in conjunction with drug(s) or drug(s) combination(s) according to the present invention may comprise one or more drug(s) that regulate blood glucose level, one or more drug(s) used for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia or hypercholesterolemia, one or more drug(s) that could be used, or currently evaluated in the frame of clinical trials, for treating diabetes or a related disorder.
  • said one or more drug(s) is/are selected from acarbose, acetohexamide, alogliptin, berberine, bezafibrate, bromocriptine, buformin, carbutamide, chlorpropamide, chromium picolinate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, colesevelam, dexfenfluramine, dutogliptin, exenatide, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, gemigliptin, glibenclamide, glibornuride, glicetanile, gliclazide, glimepiride, glipizide, gliquidone, glisentide, glyclopyramide, imidapril, insulin, inulin, lipoic Acid, linagliptin, liraglutide, mecobalamin, metformin, miglitol, mitiglinide, nateglinide, orlistat, phenform
  • compositions comprising:
  • compositions comprising (i) at least one compounds selected from the group consisting of almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline and tolperisone, in combination with (ii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acarbose, acetohexamide, alogliptin, berberine, bezafibrate, bromocriptine, buformin, carbutamide, chlorpropamide, chromium picolinate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, colesevelam, dexfenfluramine, dutogliptin, exenatide, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, gemigliptin, glibenclamide, glibornuride, glicet
  • a more preferred object of this invention relates to compositions comprising (i) at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline and tolperisone, in combination with (ii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acarbose, acetohexamide, alogliptin, berberine, bezafibrate, bromocriptine, buformin, carbutamide, chlorpropamide, chromium picolinate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, colesevelam, dexfenfluramine, dutogliptin, exenatide, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, gemigliptin, glibenclamide, glibornuride,
  • compositions comprising at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline and tolperisone, in combination with one compound selected from the group consisting of glibenclamide, repaglinide, metformin and pioglitazone, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in mammalian subject in need thereof.
  • compositions comprising at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of almitrine, azelastine, acamprosate, baclofen, carbetapentane, dexbrompheniramine, diethylcarbamazine, D-mannose, ifenprodil, mexiletine, nicergoline and tolperisone, in combination with one compound selected from the group consisting of bezafibrate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, gemfibrozil, fenofibrate, orlistat, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in mammalian subject in need thereof.
  • compositions comprising Baclofen and Acamprosate, in combination with one compound selected from the group consisting of pioglitazone, rosiglitazone, bezafibrate, ciprofibrate, clofibrate, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, buformin, colesevelam, orlistat, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of diabetes or a related disorder in mammalian subject in need thereof.
  • Therapy according to the invention may be provided at home, the doctor's office, a clinic, a hospital's outpatient department, or a hospital, so that one can observe the therapy's effects closely and make any adjustments that are needed as a function of measured blood glucose level.
  • the duration of the therapy depends on the stage of the disease being treated, age and condition of the patient, and how the patient responds to the treatment.
  • the dosage, frequency and mode of administration of drugs or each component of the drug combinations of the invention can be controlled independently.
  • one drug of a combination may be administered orally while the second drug may be administered intramuscularly or at different times through the day.
  • the drugs may also be formulated together such that one administration delivers all drugs.
  • the treatment of the invention can be administered during particular periods of the day, for example, on time or just before or just after the time the glucose concentration reaches its peak in the plasma.
  • Glycaemia can easily be determined, even by the patients themselves, using different commercially available glucometers.
  • the time and dosage of the treatment can therefore be adapted as a function of the measured glycaemia. If there is sequential administration, the administration can be dependent on the blood glucose concentration for example the first active ingredient is administered before the glucose peak while the other is administered after the glucose peak. Usually, the glucose concentration reaches its peak in the plasma of a subject after meals.
  • each drug of the combination may be by any suitable means that results in a concentration of the drug that, combined with the other component, is able to control blood glucose levels.
  • compositions include those suitable for oral, rectal, topical (including transdermal, buccal and sublingual), or parenteral (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous and intradermal) administration.
  • the invention further includes a pharmaceutical formulation, as herein before described, in combination with packaging material suitable for said formulations.
  • a formulation for the combination treatment can be inferred by instructions, facilities, provisions, adaptations and/or other means to help using the formulation most suitably for the treatment.
  • Such measures make a patient pack specifically suitable for and adapted for use for treatment with the compositions of the present invention.
  • the drug may be contained, in any appropriate amount, in any suitable carrier substance.
  • the drug may be present in an amount of up to 99% by weight of the total weight of the composition.
  • the composition may be provided in a dosage form that is suitable for the oral, parenteral (e.g., intravenously, intramuscularly), rectal, cutaneous, nasal, vaginal, inhalant, skin (patch), or ocular administration route.
  • the composition may be in the form of, e.g., tablets, capsules, pills, powders, granulates, suspensions, emulsions, solutions, gels including hydrogels, pastes, ointments, creams, plasters, drenches, osmotic delivery devices, suppositories, enemas, injectables, implants, sprays, or aerosols.
  • compositions may be formulated according to conventional pharmaceutical practice (see, e.g., Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy (20th ed.), ed. A. R. Gennaro, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 and Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology, eds. J. Swarbrick and J. C. Boylan, 1988-1999, Marcel Dekker, New York ).
  • compositions according to the invention may be formulated to release the active drug substantially immediately upon administration or at any predetermined time or time period after administration.
  • the controlled release formulations include (i) formulations that create a substantially constant concentration of the drug within the body over an extended period of time; (ii) formulations that after a predetermined lag time create a substantially constant concentration of the drug within the body over an extended period of time; (iii) formulations that sustain drug action during a predetermined time period by maintaining a relatively, constant, effective drug level in the body with concomitant minimization of undesirable side effects associated with fluctuations in the plasma level of the active drug substance; (iv) formulations that localize drug action by, e.g., spatial placement of a controlled release composition adjacent to or in the diseased tissue or organ; and (v) formulations that target drug action by using carriers or chemical derivatives to deliver the drug to a particular target cell type.
  • Administration of drugs in the form of a controlled release formulation is especially preferred in cases in which the drug has (i) a narrow therapeutic index (i.e., the difference between the plasma concentration leading to harmful side effects or toxic reactions and the plasma concentration leading to a therapeutic effect is small; in general, the therapeutic index, TI, is defined as the ratio of median lethal dose (LD50) to median effective dose (ED50)); (ii) a narrow absorption window in the gastro-intestinal tract; or (iii) a very short biological half-life so that frequent dosing during a day is required in order to sustain the plasma level at a therapeutic level.
  • a narrow therapeutic index i.e., the difference between the plasma concentration leading to harmful side effects or toxic reactions and the plasma concentration leading to a therapeutic effect is small
  • the therapeutic index, TI is defined as the ratio of median lethal dose (LD50) to median effective dose (ED50)
  • LD50 median lethal dose
  • ED50 median effective dose
  • a narrow absorption window in the gastro-intestinal tract
  • Controlled release may be obtained by appropriate selection of various formulation parameters and ingredients, including, e.g., various types of controlled release compositions and coatings.
  • the drug is formulated with appropriate excipients into a pharmaceutical composition that, upon administration, releases the drug in a controlled manner (single or multiple unit tablet or capsule compositions, oil solutions, suspensions, emulsions, microcapsules, microspheres, nanoparticles, patches, and liposomes).
  • Formulations for oral use include tablets containing the composition of the invention in a mixture with non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
  • excipients may be, for example, inert diluents or fillers (e.g., sucrose, microcrystalline cellulose, starches including potato starch, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, or sodium phosphate); granulating and disintegrating agents (e.g., cellulose derivatives including microcrystalline cellulose, starches including potato starch, croscarmellose sodium, alginates, or alginic acid); binding agents (e.g., acacia, alginic acid, sodium alginate, gelatin, starch, pregelatinized starch, microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, or polyethylene glycol); and lubricating agents, glidants, and antiadhesives
  • the tablets may be uncoated or they may be coated by known techniques, optionally to delay disintegration and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract and thereby providing a sustained action over a longer period.
  • the coating may be adapted to release the active drug substance in a predetermined pattern (e.g., in order to achieve a controlled release formulation) or it may be adapted not to release the active drug substance until after passage of the stomach (enteric coating).
  • the coating may be a sugar coating, a film coating (e.g., based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, methylcellulose, methyl hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, acrylate copolymers, polyethylene glycols and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone), or an enteric coating (e.g., based on methacrylic acid copolymer, cellulose acetate phthalate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, polyvinyl acetate phthalate, shellac, and/or ethylcellulose).
  • a time delay material such as, e.g., glyceryl monostearate or glyceryl distearate may be employed.
  • the solid tablet compositions may include a coating adapted to protect the composition from unwanted chemical changes, (e.g., chemical degradation prior to the release of the active drug substance).
  • the coating may be applied on the solid dosage form in a similar manner as that described in Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology.
  • Drugs may be mixed together in the tablet, or may be partitioned.
  • a first drug is contained on the inside of the tablet, and a second drug is on the outside, such that a substantial portion of the second drug is released prior to the release of the first drug.
  • Formulations for oral use may also be presented as chewable tablets, or as hard gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with an inert solid diluent (e.g., potato starch, microcrystalline cellulose, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate or kaolin), or as soft gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with water or an oil medium, for example, liquid paraffin, or olive oil. Powders and granulates may be prepared using the ingredients mentioned above under tablets and capsules in a conventional manner.
  • an inert solid diluent e.g., potato starch, microcrystalline cellulose, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate or kaolin
  • an oil medium for example, liquid paraffin, or olive oil.
  • Powders and granulates may be prepared using the ingredients mentioned above under tablets and capsules in a conventional manner.
  • Controlled release compositions for oral use may, e.g., be constructed to release the active drug by controlling the dissolution and/or the diffusion of the active drug substance.
  • Dissolution or diffusion controlled release can be achieved by appropriate coating of a tablet, capsule, pellet, or granulate formulation of drugs, or by incorporating the drug into an appropriate matrix.
  • a controlled release coating may include one or more of the coating substances mentioned above and/or, e.g., shellac, beeswax, glycowax, castor wax, carnauba wax, stearyl alcohol, glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate, glycerol palmitostearate, ethylcellulose, acrylic resins, dl-polylactic acid, cellulose acetate butyrate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, vinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene, polymethacrylate, methylmethacrylate, 2-hydroxymethacrylate, methacrylate hydrogels, 1,3 butylene glycol, ethylene glycol methacrylate, and/or polyethylene glycols.
  • the matrix material may also include, e.g., hydrated metylcellulose, carnauba wax and stearyl alcohol, carbopol 934, silicone, glyceryl tristearate, methyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and/or halogenated fluorocarbon.
  • a controlled release composition containing one or more of the drugs of the claimed combinations may also be in the form of a buoyant tablet or capsule (i.e., a tablet or capsule that, upon oral administration, floats on top of the gastric content for a certain period of time).
  • a buoyant tablet formulation of the drug(s) can be prepared by granulating a mixture of the drug(s) with excipients and 20-75% w/w of hydrocolloids, such as hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, or hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. The obtained granules can then be compressed into tablets. On contact with the gastric juice, the tablet forms a substantially water-impermeable gel barrier around its surface. This gel barrier takes part in maintaining a density of less than one, thereby allowing the tablet to remain buoyant in the gastric juice.
  • Powders, dispersible powders, or granules suitable for preparation of an aqueous suspension by addition of water are convenient dosage forms for oral administration.
  • Formulation as a suspension provides the active ingredient in a mixture with a dispersing or wetting agent, suspending agent, and one or more preservatives.
  • Suitable suspending agents are, for example, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, sodium alginate, and the like.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may also be administered parenterally by injection, infusion or implantation (intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, or the like) in dosage forms, formulations, or via suitable delivery devices or implants containing conventional, non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and adjuvants.
  • injection, infusion or implantation intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, or the like
  • suitable delivery devices or implants containing conventional, non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and adjuvants.
  • compositions for parenteral use may be provided in unit dosage forms (e.g., in single-dose ampoules), or in vials containing several doses and in which a suitable preservative may be added (see below).
  • the composition may be in form of a solution, a suspension, an emulsion, an infusion device, or a delivery device for implantation or it may be presented as a dry powder to be reconstituted with water or another suitable vehicle before use.
  • the composition may include suitable parenterally acceptable carriers and/or excipients.
  • the active drug(s) may be incorporated into microspheres, microcapsules, nanoparticles, liposomes, or the like for controlled release.
  • the composition may include suspending, solubilizing, stabilizing, pH-adjusting agents, and/or dispersing agents.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention may be in the form suitable for sterile injection.
  • the suitable active drug(s) are dissolved or suspended in a parenterally acceptable liquid vehicle.
  • acceptable vehicles and solvents that may be employed are water, water adjusted to a suitable pH by addition of an appropriate amount of hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide or a suitable buffer, 1,3-butanediol, Ringer's solution, and isotonic sodium chloride solution.
  • the aqueous formulation may also contain one or more preservatives (e.g., methyl, ethyl or n-propyl p-hydroxybenzoate).
  • a dissolution enhancing or solubilizing agent can be added, or the solvent may include 10-60% w/w of propylene glycol or the like.
  • Controlled release parenteral compositions may be in form of aqueous suspensions, microspheres, microcapsules, magnetic microspheres, oil solutions, oil suspensions, or emulsions.
  • the active drug(s) may be incorporated in biocompatible carriers, liposomes, nanoparticles, implants, or infusion devices.
  • Materials for use in the preparation of microspheres and/or microcapsules are, e.g., biodegradable/bioerodible polymers such as polygalactin, poly-(isobutyl cyanoacrylate), poly-(2-hydroxyethyl-L-glutamnine).
  • Biocompatible carriers that may be used when formulating a controlled release parenteral formulation are carbohydrates (e.g., dextrans), proteins (e.g., albumin), lipoproteins, or antibodies.
  • Materials for use in implants can be non-biodegradable (e.g., polydimethyl siloxane) or biodegradable (e.g., poly(caprolactone), poly(glycolic acid) or poly(ortho esters)).
  • suitable dosage forms for a composition include suppositories (emulsion or suspension type), and rectal gelatin capsules (solutions or suspensions).
  • the active drug(s) are combined with an appropriate pharmaceutically acceptable suppository base such as cocoa butter, esterified fatty acids, glycerinated gelatin, and various water-soluble or dispersible bases like polyethylene glycols.
  • an appropriate pharmaceutically acceptable suppository base such as cocoa butter, esterified fatty acids, glycerinated gelatin, and various water-soluble or dispersible bases like polyethylene glycols.
  • additives, enhancers, or surfactants may be incorporated.
  • compositions may also be administered topically on the skin for percutaneous absorption in dosage forms or formulations containing conventionally non-toxic pharmaceutical acceptable carriers and excipients including microspheres and liposomes.
  • the formulations include creams, ointments, lotions, liniments, gels, hydrogels, solutions, suspensions, sticks, sprays, pastes, plasters, and other kinds of transdermal drug delivery systems.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients may include emulsifying agents, antioxidants, buffering agents, preservatives, humectants, penetration enhancers, chelating agents, gel-forming agents, ointment bases, perfumes, and skin protective agents.
  • the preservatives, humectants, penetration enhancers may be parabens, such as methyl or propyl p-hydroxybenzoate, and benzalkonium chloride, glycerin, propylene glycol, urea, etc.
  • compositions described above for topical administration on the skin may also be used in connection with topical administration onto or close to the part of the body that is to be treated.
  • the compositions may be adapted for direct application or for application by means of special drug delivery devices such as dressings or alternatively plasters, pads, sponges, strips, or other forms of suitable flexible material.
  • composition according to the invention is administered to a subject orally or by subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular injections, at different times of day, to alter the blood glucose level.
  • composition of the invention is administered in dosage amount sufficient to alter, regulate or normalize the glucose level in the blood of the subject.
  • Composition of the invention can be administered to a mammalian, particularly a human, exhibiting abnormal blood glucose level, in particular period of day, for example, on time or just before or just after the time the glucose concentration reaches its peak in the plasma.
  • composition of the invention can be, for example, preferably administered from 2 hours before meals to 2 hours after meals, more preferably from one hour before meals to one hour after meals and even more preferably during meals to achieve maximal therapeutic efficacy.
  • the drugs of the combination may be administered concomitantly, either in the same or different pharmaceutical formulation or sequentially.
  • a minimum requirement for a combination according to this description is that the combination should be intended for combined use with the benefit of the efficacious effect of the combination of the active ingredients.
  • the intended use of a combination can be inferred by facilities, provisions, adaptations and/or other means to help using the combination according to the invention.
  • Therapeutically effective amounts of the drugs in a combination of this invention include, e.g., amounts that are effective for controlling blood or plasma glucose levels.
  • Administration can be one to several times daily for several days to several years, and may even be for the life of the patient. Chronic or at least periodically repeated long-term administration is indicated in most cases.
  • unit dosage form refers to physically discrete units (such as capsules, tablets, or loaded syringe cylinders) suitable as unitary dosages for human subjects, each unit containing a predetermined quantity of active material or materials calculated to produce the desired therapeutic effect, in association with the required pharmaceutical carrier.
  • the amount of each drug in a preferred unit dosage composition depends upon several factors including the administration method, the body weight and the age of the patient, the stage of the disease, the risk of potential side effects considering the general health status of the person to be treated. Additionally, pharmacogenomic (the effect of genotype on the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic or efficacy profile of a therapeutic) information about a particular patient may affect the dosage used.
  • the preferred dosage of each drug in the combination will usually lie within the range of doses not above the dosage usually prescribed for long-term maintenance treatment or proven to be safe in phase 3 clinical studies.
  • each compound may be used at low doses in a combination therapy, while producing, in combination, a substantial clinical benefit to the patient.
  • the combination therapy may indeed be effective at doses where the compounds have individually low or no effect.
  • a particular advantage of the invention lies in the ability to use sub-optimal doses of each compound, i.e., doses which are lower than therapeutic doses usually prescribed, preferably 1/2 of therapeutic doses, more preferably 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, or even more preferably 1/10 of therapeutic doses.
  • doses as low as 1/20, 1/30, 1/50, 1/100, or even lower, of therapeutic doses are used.
  • the compounds would exhibit no or less side effects, while the combinations according to the invention are fully effective in controlling glucose blood or plasma levels.
  • a preferred dosage corresponds to amounts from 1% up to 50% of those usually prescribed for long-term maintenance treatment.
  • the most preferred dosage may correspond to amounts from 1% up to 10% of those usually prescribed for long-term maintenance treatment.
  • the molar ratio between drugs may vary e.g., from 0.001 to 1000. Also, the ratio of the drug(s) and excipient in a composition of the invention advantageously vary between 0.001 and 1000.
  • the amount of the drug actually administered will be determined by a physician, in the light of the relevant circumstances including the condition or conditions to be treated, the exact composition to be administered, the age, weight, and response of the individual patient, the severity of the patient's symptoms, and the chosen route of administration. Therefore, the above dosage ranges are intended to provide general guidance and support for the teachings herein, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
  • Type 2 Diabetes is a metabolic disease that profoundly affects energy homeostasis and the high plasmatic level of glucose observed in patients can have multiple causes.
  • This pathology is characterized, in part, by a decrease of the production of insulin by the pancreatic ⁇ cells, insulin resistance (i.e. lower capture of glucose by muscle cells and adipocytes), or an abnormal elevation of hepatic gluconeogenesis.
  • the efficacy of candidate compounds is determined based on several in vitro and in vivo studies in order to address most of the metabolic and physiological impairments characterizing this complex pathology.
  • the drugs are first tested individually, followed by assays of their combinatorial action. The effect is determined on various models which illustrate different physiological features representative of an abnormal blood glucose level such as those involved in diabetes or related disorders.
  • the beta pancreatic INS-1 cells have been selected for this study.
  • the cells are cultured in complete medium, RPMI 1640 10mM glucose supplemented with 1mM sodium pyruvate, 50 ⁇ M 2-mercaptoethanol, 2mM glutamine, 10mM HEPES, 100 IU/ml penicillin, 100 ⁇ g/mL streptomycin and 10% heat-inactivated foetal calf serum (FCS), as described by Asfari et al. (23).
  • FCS heat-inactivated foetal calf serum
  • INS-1 cells are plated (4.5 10 4 cells/well) in 96-well poly ornithine coated plates and cultured at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air / 5% CO 2 .
  • cells are pre-incubated with the tested molecules for 1H. Then, after a medium change, cells are cultured for 24h in a medium containing the tested molecules and glucose 30mM, myristic acid 0.05mM, INF 25ng/ml, TNF 25ng/ml and IL 5ng/ml..
  • Results are expressed in DO arbitrary unit and % of reduction of the apoptosis induced by apoptotic condition. Following a Dunett t-test, all compounds showing significant decrease in % of apoptotic cells compared to apoptotic control condition are considered active.
  • Results are shown in figure 1 and table 3 and demonstrate that the drugs of the invention when tested alone, induce a substantial protective effect against apoptosis of beta cells.
  • D-mannose induces a significant and complete protection of beta cells against apoptosis.
  • D-mannose confers more than 129 % of protection against apoptosis.
  • table 4 displays the percentage of protection conferred by drugs of the invention.
  • the beta pancreatic INS-1 cells have been selected for their insulin secretion profile in response to glucose and to other physiological or pharmacological insulin secretagogues such as sulfonylureas and GLP-1.
  • the cells are cultured in complete medium, RPMI 1640 10mM glucose supplemented with 1mM sodium pyruvate, 50 ⁇ M 2-mercaptoethanol, 2mM glutamine, 10mM HEPES, 100 IU/ml penicillin, 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin and 10% heatinactivated foetal calf serum (FCS), as described by Asfari et al. (23).
  • INS-1 cells are plated (4.5 10 4 cells/well) and cultured in 96-well poly ornithine coated plates. After 3 days of culture at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air / 5% C02, the medium is removed and cells are cultured for 16h in a medium containing 5mM glucose, 1% FCS (and the tested drugs for long term evaluation).
  • the day of the insulin secretion test the cells are washed with Krebs-Ringer Bicarbonate HEPES buffer (KRBH; pH 7.4) 0.1% BSA and pre-incubated for 30min at 37°C in KRBH 0.1% BSA containing 2.8mM glucose.
  • KRBH Krebs-Ringer Bicarbonate HEPES buffer
  • the cells are washed again with KRBH and incubated for 1h in KRBH 0.1% BSA containing 3.5mM glucose and the tested molecules.
  • the supernatants are collected for insulin determination and LDH activity measurement.
  • the insulin concentration in the collected supernatants is measured by an ELISA kit according to the manufacturer recommendations and using a rat insulin antibody (Insulin rat high range ELISA Alpco Cat no 80-INSRTH-E10).
  • rat monoclonal antibodies specific for insulin are immobilized to 96-well plates.
  • Standards, samples and controls are added to the appropriate wells with a horseradish peroxidase enzyme-labeled monoclonal antibody (Conjugate). After incubation, the microplates are washed to remove unbound conjugate and a TMB Substrate solution is added to react with the bound conjugate. Finally, after addition of a stop solution, the optical density is measured at 450nm using a reference wavelength of 620nm. The intensity of the yellow color is directly proportional to the amount of insulin within the samples.
  • the efficacy of the drugs is demonstrated by evaluating the quantity of insulin (expressed in pmol/L) secreted in absence or presence of drugs of the invention in the medium.
  • Drugs of the invention induce an insulin secretion in response to glucose stimulation.
  • figures 2 & 3 show that triamterene (10 ⁇ M, +37%) and cinacalcet (1 ⁇ M, +55%) can significantly enhance the secretion of insulin in response to glucose stimulation, following respectively a short term or long term incubation.
  • the muscle cells either exhibit continuous mitosis or alternatively terminally differentiate into myotubes.
  • the conditionally immortal nature of the myogenic cells have made them a valuable tool for fundamental myogenic research.
  • Mouse muscle cells H-2Kb are grown for 4 days on 24-well plates coated with matrigel at a density of 0.8 x 10 4 cells/well under permissive conditions (33°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air/10% CO 2 ; DMEM 5.5mM D-glucose supplemented with 20% FCS, 10% horse serum, 2% glutamine, 0.5% chicken embryon, 20mU/ml mouse INFy, 100U/ ml penicillin, and 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin) as described previously by Fryer et al. (25).
  • cells are switched to non-permissive culture conditions (37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air/5% CO 2 ; DMEM 5.5mM D-glucose supplemented with 2% FCS, 10% horse serum, 2% glutamine, 1% chicken embryon, 100U/ml penicillin, and 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin).
  • non-permissive culture conditions 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air/5% CO 2 ; DMEM 5.5mM D-glucose supplemented with 2% FCS, 10% horse serum, 2% glutamine, 1% chicken embryon, 100U/ml penicillin, and 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin).
  • Glucose uptake is estimated by measuring the radioactivity incorporated to the cells by a MicroBeta counter after adding 600 ⁇ L per well of scintillant (Optiphase SuperMix3).
  • Protein quantification is performed by a colorimetric assay derived from LOWRY method. Results are expressed in nmol glucose incorporated / 5min / mg protein and in % of control or basal condition (100%).
  • Drugs of the invention tested alone, can enhance glucose uptake in muscle cells.
  • figures 4 ; 5 & 6 show that the glucose uptake by muscle cells H-2Kb can be enhanced after short term incubation by acamprosate (0.1 ⁇ M, +45%) and almitrine (1 ⁇ M, +80%) or after long term incubation by nicergoline (10 ⁇ M, +28%).
  • 3T3-L1 cells are fibroblasts which, under appropriate conditions, differentiate into adipocytes-like cells. These cells are used to show that composition of the invention increase the glucose uptake in adipocytes, when compared to controls.
  • 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells are cultured in DMEM containing 1 % penicillin-streptomycin (PS) and 10 % bovine calf serum at 37°C in a 5% CO 2 atmosphere.
  • PS penicillin-streptomycin
  • 2-day post-confluent preadipocytes are cultured in MDI differentiation medium I (DMEM containing 1 % PS, 10 % FBS, 0.5 mM IBMX, 1 ⁇ M dexamethasone, 0.5 ⁇ g/mL insulin) for 2 days.
  • MDI differentiation medium I DMEM containing 1 % PS, 10 % FBS, 0.5 mM IBMX, 1 ⁇ M dexamethasone, 0.5 ⁇ g/mL insulin
  • Glucose uptake activity is analyzed by measuring the uptake of radiolabeled glucose.
  • Differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes grown in 12-well plates are washed twice with serum-free DMEM and incubated for 2 hours at 37°C with 1 mL DMEM containing 0.1%BSA.
  • the cells are washed three times with Krebs-Ringer-HEPES (KRH) buffer (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 136 mM NaCl, 4.7 mM KCI, 1.25 mM MgSO 4 , 1.25 mM CaCl 2 , 2 mg/mL bovine serum albumin), and incubated at 37 °C for 30 min with 0.9 mL of KRH buffer.
  • KRH Krebs-Ringer-HEPES
  • cells are incubated with or without drugs for different duration in order to evaluate their effect in short term and long term.
  • cells are incubated with drugs of the invention for 4 hours at 37°C.
  • drugs of the invention for 4 hours at 37°C.
  • the day prior to the test cells are pre-incubated with or without drugs for 16H.
  • the day after, and prior to the test cells are washed and incubated in the presence of the tested molecules for 4h more.
  • Glucose uptake is initiated by the addition of 0.1 mL of KRH buffer containing 2-deoxy-D-[ 3 H] glucose (37 MBq/L) and glucose (1mM). After 20 min, glucose uptake is terminated by washing the cells three times with cold PBS. The cells are lysed through incubation for 20 min at 37°C with 0.7 mL of Triton X-100. Level of radioactivity in the cell lysates is determined using a scintillation counter.
  • Protein quantification is performed by a colorimetric assay derived from LOWRY method. Results are expressed in nmol glucose incorporated / 5min / mg protein and in % of control or basal condition (100%).
  • Drugs of the invention tested alone, can enhance glucose uptake in adipocytes.
  • figures 7, 8 & 12 show that the glucose uptake by differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes cells can be enhanced after short term incubation by carbetapentane (0.1 ⁇ M, +58%) and piribedil (10nM, +68%) or after long term incubation by almitrine (1 ⁇ M, +69%).
  • Hepatocytes are isolated from 24h-fasted male Wistar rats (200 ⁇ 250g body weight) by ex situ liver perfusion in the presence of collagenase. Cell viability is validated by a trypan blue exclusion test. Then, cells are suspended in William's medium supplemented with insulin and seeded onto six-well plates (8 10 5 cells / well) and incubated at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 95% air/ 5% CO 2 . After plating, the medium is removed and cells are cultured for 16h in RPMI medium without glucose (supplemented with the tested drugs for long term evaluation).
  • hepatic glucose production test is assessed in Krebs-Ringer Bicarbonate HEPES buffer (KRBH; pH 7.4) in the presence of the neoglucogenic substrates (lactate 10mM and pyruvate 1mM) and the tested molecules for 4h.
  • KRBH Krebs-Ringer Bicarbonate HEPES buffer
  • Results are expressed in nmol glucose / mg protein and % of control condition (KLP: KRBH containing lactate and pyruvate).
  • Drugs of the invention tested alone, can lower glucose production by hepatic cells.
  • figures 9, 10 & 11 show that the glucose production by hepatocites can be reduced after short term treatment by D-mannose (10 ⁇ M, -22%) or after long term treatment by ifenprodil (0.01 ⁇ M, -22%) or Azelastine (10 ⁇ M, -36%).
  • Isolated islets incubated with a range of glucose concentrations show a dose-dependent pattern of insulin release.
  • the use of isolated islets is a physiological way of investigating the effects of candidate compounds as initiators and potentiators on insulin secretion.
  • Rats are anesthetized by injection of Ketamine/xylasine (ip).
  • the peritoneal cavity is exposed and the pancreatic main duct to the intestine is clamped.
  • the pancreas is then cannulated via the common bile duct, distended with collagenase and removed.
  • Islets are extracted, washed and passed through a sterile stainless steel screen before being centrifuged. Islets are then cleaned and placed into CMRL medium containing 2mM glutamine, 10%fetal bovine serum and 1 % antibiotic/antimycotic solution and put into a 37°c culture chamber containing 5 % CO 2 .
  • Islets are preincubated for 90 min in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10 % FBS and 3 mM glucose at 37 °C with 5 % CO 2 .
  • the islets of control and treated groups are then incubated in the glucose perfusion system with a constant flow rate (500 ⁇ L/ min) at 37°C for 90 min. They are placed 30 min in the basal conditions (3 mM glucose), 30 min in a high glucose concentrated (20 mM) medium and finally 30 min back in the basal conditions (3 mM glucose).
  • samples of medium are collected from the output fraction and frozen at -80°C.
  • the islets are harvested and frozen at -80°C.
  • the total protein in the islets is extracted by acid ethanol (0.18 M HCl in 95% ethanol). Quantification of the intracellular or released insulin and glucagon in the collected output fractions is realized by ELISA.
  • Excised epitrochlearis are incubated at 29°C for 50 min in 3 mL of continuously gassed (95% O 2 , 5% CO 2 ) preincubation medium, consisting of Krebs-Henselheit bicarbonate buffer (KHB), 8 mM glucose, 32 mM mannitol and 0.1 % bovine serum albumin (BSA). Following the preincubation, the muscle is transferred to another vial and incubated at 29°C for 10 min in 3 mL of continuously gassed wash-out medium, consisting of KHB, 2 mM pyruvate, 38 mM mannitol and 0.1% BSA.
  • KHB Krebs-Henselheit bicarbonate buffer
  • BSA bovine serum albumin
  • the muscle is incubated at 29°C for 20 minutes in 3 mL of uptake medium, which consists of KHB, 2 mM pyruvate, 6 mM glucose, and 32 mM mannitol, 0.1% BSA, with or without 280 ⁇ Ci/mmol [ 3 H] 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) and 10 ⁇ Ci/mmol [ 14 C]-mannitol and the designated treatment.
  • uptake medium which consists of KHB, 2 mM pyruvate, 6 mM glucose, and 32 mM mannitol, 0.1% BSA, with or without 280 ⁇ Ci/mmol [ 3 H] 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) and 10 ⁇ Ci/mmol [ 14 C]-mannitol and the designated treatment.
  • Glucose uptake is calculated from the incorporation rate of 2-DG into the muscle fibers during the 20 min of incubation in the uptake medium.
  • Frozen muscle samples are digested in 1 mL 1M KOH at 60 °C for 20 min. Muscle homogenates are neutralized with 1 mL 1 M HCl and 300 ⁇ L are added in a scintillation cocktail. Duplicate samples are counted for 3 H and 14 C in an LS-6000 liquid scintillation spectrophotometer.
  • Muscle 2-DG uptake is calculated as the difference between total muscle 2-DG and 2-DG in the extracellular space.
  • 2-DG concentration in the extracellular space is determined by the amount of [ 14 C]-mannitol in the tissue.
  • the model of the isolated perfused rat model allows studying direct effects on the intact organ without the influence from extra-hepatic hormones and other systemic alterations of metabolic fluxes.
  • Rats are anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of thiopental (50 mg/kg). Hemoglobin-free, nonrecirculating perfusion is performed. After cannulation of the portal and cava veins, the liver is positioned in a plexiglass chamber.
  • the perfusion fluid is Krebs/Henseleit-bicarbonate buffer (pH 7.4), saturated with a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide (95:5) by means of a membrane oxygenator with simultaneous temperature adjustment at 37°C.
  • the flow, provided by a peristaltic pump, is between 30 and 33 mL/min.
  • Candidate compounds or vehicle are added to the perfusion fluid after having supplemented the Krebs/Henseleit-bicarbonate buffer with fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin to ensure full dissolution of the drugs.
  • the molar albumin/drug ratio was equal to 2.4.
  • the cell viability of the perfused liver is judged from both the oxygen uptake rates and the perfusion fluid leakage from its surface.
  • the livers are discarded when the oxygen uptake droped to 0.7 ⁇ mol min -1 g -1 or when the surface fluid leakage surpassed 2.5% of the portal flow.
  • Samples of the effluent perfusion fluid are collected and analyzed for their metabolite contents. The following compounds are assayed by means of standard enzymatic procedures: glucose, lactate and pyruvate.
  • the oxygen concentration in the outflowing perfusate is monitored continuously, employing a Teflon-shielded platinum electrode adequately positioned in a plexiglass chamber at the exit of the perfusate. Metabolic rates are calculated from input- output differences and the total flow rates and are referred to the wet weight of the liver.
  • Table 4 gathers results that were obtained in all previously described models (see points from 1.1.1 to 1.2.3 above). A value is attributed to each candidate compound depending on its effect in the different in vitro models compared to vehicle. Results are normalized and weighed in order to generate a relative performance value for each candidate compound. A high value reflects a high potential of the compound for the normalization of glucose level and thus a significant efficacy for controlling glucose levels and/or for the treatment of diabetes or related disorders.
  • the efficacy of drug compositions of the invention comprising the compound(s) of Table 4 and 5 is confirmed in the Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rat model.
  • the Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rat is an accurate model for Type 2 Diabetes based on impaired glucose tolerance caused by the inherited obesity gene mutation which leads to insulin resistance.
  • the fa mutation, which occurs in ZDF rat results in shortened leptin receptor protein which does not effectively interact with leptin. This mutation is phenotypically expressed as obesity with high levels of normal leptin in the blood.
  • NIDDM non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
  • ZDF rat is used to study the effect of candidate compounds on blood glucose, serum insulin, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and weight gain.
  • Rats are housed individually and kept at 22 +/- 2 °C on a 12-h light/dark cycle. Animals have access to food (Purina 5008) and water ad libitum. Whereas one group receives the vehicle, the other groups are treated with the candidate compounds listed in Tables 5 and 6 during 4 weeks. Administrations are performed twice a day by oral route.
  • Blood samples are taken from the topically anaesthetized tails of overnight-fasted rats in all groups.
  • the CRP concentration in the plasma of all rats are measured by an ELISA kit according to the manufacturer recommendations (ref CYT294 from Millipore).
  • the rat C-Reactive Protein (CRP) kit is a double polyclonal antibody sandwich enzyme immunoassay (EIA), which measures rat CRP. Standards, quality controls and samples of plasma are incubated for 30 minutes in microtitration wells coated with polyclonal anti-rat CRP antibody. After a thorough wash, polyclonal anti-rat CRP antibody labelled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is added to the wells and incubated for 30 minutes with the immobilized antibody-CRP complex.
  • EIA double polyclonal antibody sandwich enzyme immunoassay
  • the remaining HRP-conjugated antibody is allowed to react with the substrate and tetramethylbenzidine (TMB).
  • TMB tetramethylbenzidine
  • the reaction (5-10 minutes) is stopped by addition of an acidic solution, and absorbance of the resulting yellow color product is measured spectrophotometrically at 450 nm. The absorbance is proportional to the concentration of CRP.
  • a standard curve is constructed by plotting absorbance values versus CRP concentrations of standards, and concentrations of unknown samples are determined using this standard curve.
  • Drugs of the invention tested alone, can reduce CRP concentration in the plasma of ZDF rats.
  • figure 13 shows that the CRP concentration is significantly reduced by - acamprosate treatment (7.5 mg/kg and 0.5 mg/kg respectively) and reaches the CRP level of lean rats.
  • Those results suggest a systemic anti-inflammatory effect of combinations of the invention.

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